TOPEKA — Two counties are asking the state to reimburse them for legal expenses caused by sexually violent predators.
The fees stem from cases where the individuals challenge their confinement to the state’s Sexual Predator Treatment Program at Larned State Hospital. Counties where the patients’ case originated must pay the legal costs. But in the past, the Attorney General’s office reimbursed the counties through a state fund. However, lawmakers didn’t appropriate any money for the fund during the current fiscal year.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports representatives from McPherson and Butler counties asked a legislative committee on Monday to reimburse their costs.
The committee can only recommend to the full Legislature whether to appropriate the funds to the counties.
